#info dump sorry

[thaltro]

Fun fact about Dream and Atrophy! They are both pretty biologically human

They are kinda like zombies? The sacred tree Nympavit (Nym for short) was revered for years by a near by human village because it was made by and worshiped by monsters.

In fear of its power the humans thought the only way they could tame its power is to monthly feed it human sacrifices- to keep it at bay in their mind. So buried underground intertwined in the cramped roots is hundreds of ritualistic sacrifices.

The ironic thing is nyms roots being cramped like this is what was killing it- so in a desperate attempt to pass down power to protect and maintain the trees health, nym took the human courpses and the monster magic within the tree and formed her own human-skeletal minions.

So unlike most skeletons that have those soft see-through ecto bodies, Dream is mostly fleshy and opaque like a human. His organs are human organs for the most part- just reanimated and made to be powered with magic.

He and Atrophy (before atrophy became goo) have something similar to chimerism because of the fusion of other human parts- so patches of dreams body don’t match eachother because they come from totally different humans.

It’s also why Dream being intersex in a way more similar to humans makes sense. In my mind monsters tend to have a pretty normal culture of physical variation and also it being more common. But Dream was not only raised human but has mostly human anatomy. Awhile back after a lot of research i decided he has what’s closest to complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). There are characters in nightwatch who are intersex and are full monsters but because of their monster anatomy it functions and presents differently.. but for dream it’s pretty close to human presentations.

In a similar way Atrophy’s physical disabilities are also very human! Monsters disabilities I make similar to some but they are designed around how I made the monster body. Like corruption has metaphors for some disabilities and diseases but it’s mostly unique to just nightwatch. But that’s too much spoilers haha..

Also With both of them human it also means they both bleed a normal human red! Unlike the fun wacky hemosepectrum ass colors everyone else bleeds.

This also means both of their souls aren’t human or monster shaped. I make them just fluffy orbs.. like Pom poms. (Technically atrophy can’t summon his soul because it’s melted into his body but..before it was a puff ball)

There’s a stupid info dump. Someone Remind me in my asks to draw out references for Dream and atrophy’s pseudo-chimerism..

[downthedraincomic]

What exactly is Frink, and is this something you can answer without spoilers?

It's a very strong performance enhancer, as seen here being held by Evil Hunter

It's also very rare to the point where no one really knows anything about it. It cant even be detected if anyone's used it or not since it hasn't been studied... Only the ones that know haven't really heard or seen it around in a while so it's probably gone for good, or so rare it's impossible to find or even recreate y'know

[swifty-fox]

if I was to get into hockey, where would you recommend I start?

oh god.

First and foremost is picking a team! Easiest way is to go with a team that's in your state/city and going from there, otherwise just finding a team that appeals to you??

I always found the Carolina Hurricanes a fun watch, or the San Jose Sharks have some new baby players that are a hoot to watch. Oilers if you want a heartbreak story every year and of course some OG teams are the Bruins (though they're currently. uh. in a state) the Penguins or the Canadiens.

Another option would be the PWHL (Professional Women's League!) their tickets are WAY cheaper though there's less teams but they DO stream their games on youtube!

The lingo can be a little tough, especially bc you have official terms and you have slang and announcers can and will use both. As will the players. As will the people yelling on your dashboard.

Hockey 101 - Lingo

Hockey Vocabulary Backcheck - Attempt by a forwards on his way back to the defending zone to regain the puck Body Check - Using the hi

if you troll reddit enough you will find streams for free, just be aware of viruses.

The Canucks are getting some good attention bc their captain kind of just looks like a sick victorian boy all the time. Some people find him hot even, I hear.

it's okay Quinn Hughs. The Hockey announces can't get you.

The Hockey world is going through a bit of a crisis of identity right now. With the election a lot of (very rich, white, powerful men players) have been showing their ass, and some trades have really shook up the league and we lost two players last year to a drunk driver hit and attempted run that's really had some lasting shockwaves in the community. The Four Nations face off (a game between four different nations in the NHL) was meant to be played with a memorial to Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau but got derailed by the trade wars between Canada and the US. It was funny to see the rage, but sad to know what it was supposed to be about. If you do ever wanna watch some really fucking goof hockey, Johnny Hockey comps are a great way to fall in love with the game. He was a blast to watch and everyone misses him.

I'd also shoutout some of my more hockey moot blogs like @whirlpool-blogs who do be reblogging the blorbos

[sharpth1ng]

So Billy is obviously autistic, it explains his ‘odd’ behavior. Stu is s walking ADHD stereotype and it’s awesome. Have you ever heard of ASPD? If you have, do you think that Billy or Stu’s behavior could be explained by autism/adhd and ASPD?

You’ve unlocked one of my other special interests, my degree is in psych! This is going to be really long, sorry.

So ASPD (anti social personality disorder for anyone who’s not familiar) is really complicated to diagnose along with autism and ADHD, and the way this is done for differential diagnosis is that you would diagnose Autism or ADHD first and if there are still enough symptoms left over to diagnose ASPD then you would do that.

It’s actually pretty rare to have both diagnosed by a qualified professional (unfortunately there’s a lot of diagnosis of personality disorders given without proper assessment, you’re supposed to observe someone for MONTHS in multiple settings and getting reports from other people before giving that kind of diagnosis but lots of people will be slapped with them after getting a criminal charge or having a night in a psych hospital and being observed for like a maximum of 1 week).

But the reason it’s rare to diagnose both is that they share a lot of features, and personality disorders are rare and develope in the late teens/adulthood, so if the symptoms are present before then it makes more sense to diagnose ADHD / autism and behavioural issues. You can definitely be diagnosed with both, but it’s not common with proper diagnostic procedures.

Partly the answer to your question depends on when you’re asking, because ASPD can’t actually be diagnosed before the age of 18. But let’s consider Billy through the ASPD criteria (this is simplified but it’s basically this:)

1. Failure to conform to social norms can be explained by autism, a lot of autistic people end up with criminal records basically from having meltdowns in the wrong places, it’s fucked. But also prior to Maureen’s murder it doesn’t seem like he has any offences, so at least at 18 this isn’t so likely to be considered a pattern since 15.✖️

*This is one someone might disagree with me on but generally with ASPD you’re looking at a wide variety of significantly less organized criminal behaviour that’s more impulsive and more frequent, and from what we know all of his crimes are part of the same plan. Murder is very bad but he also waits like a year to do it. He also hides it very well for the first murder.

2. Deceitfulness ☑️

3. Billy is not impulsive, he’s a chronic planner.✖️

4. Irritability and physical outbursts can be explained by autism + trauma ✖️

5. Reckless disregard for one’s own safety and the safety of others- this is complicated. Not sure we can say he has a reckless disregard for his own safety. Yes, he lets himself get stabbed but he planned that in advance and did enough research to know where to go for the highest chance of survival. He’s sadistic, but I wouldn’t call his sadism reckless, it’s intentional. I’m going to say ✖️ to this but someone else might disagree.

6. Consistent irresponsibility- he’s pulling off looking like a good boy enough before the killings, I would say he’s probably not dropping the ball all over the place on this stuff, he’s at least keeping it up enough for appearances sake and this is generally pretty obvious for ASPD ✖️

7. Lack of remorse- this is also complicated as it deals with empathy, which is complicated in autism. Some of us have very low cognitive and/or affective empathy, which can look like this. I would say Billy probably has fairly high cognitive empathy because he’s a competent manipulator. The other factor here is that he’s still able to form emotional connections at least with his mom if not with Stu (in debaser he definitely has an emotional connection with Stu). Ill give him this though ☑️

So to sum that all up in the end I guess I wouldn’t diagnose him with both Autism and ASPD because he only fits 2 rather than 3 of the features when you consider what autism + trauma accounts for.

I wasn’t actually sure what I thought before I went through the criteria, but I think his behaviour is better explained as autism and conduct issues. That said someone else might interpret it differently.

Sorry this is so long I didn’t mean to write an essay 😂and I didn’t even talk about Stu oops. But I would say he definitely fits some of the criteria but 1, 3,4,5 and 6 can all be explained by ADHD, so I probably wouldn’t diagnose him with both either. They’re both on the cusp though, they both fit at least 2 of the criteria for ASPD even accounting for ADHD and Autism.

All of that said, if you looked at them later in life I think the ASPD diagnosis is more likely because I think they would start to establish the kind of patterns you’re generally looking for in ASPD with criteria #1.

Also I just want to be cautious here- Autism and ADHD are not similar to ASPD but they have some common features that can present in similar ways depending on the person and situation.